diff --git a/changelog-entries/193.md b/changelog-entries/193.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fe3f753d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog-entries/193.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+- Use the newer `precice/precice.hpp` header to access C++ API
diff --git a/cyprecice/Participant.pxd b/cyprecice/Participant.pxd
index 65911eac..2a55ea1c 100644
--- a/cyprecice/Participant.pxd
+++ b/cyprecice/Participant.pxd
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ from libcpp.set    cimport set
 from libcpp.string cimport string
 from libcpp.vector cimport vector
 
-cdef extern from "precice/Participant.hpp" namespace "precice":
+cdef extern from "precice/precice.hpp" namespace "precice":
     cdef cppclass Participant:
         # construction and configuration